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Psalms 101:3

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

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ASV

I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

KJV

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
אָשִׁ֨ית׀'a.ShitI will setH7896 →
לְנֶ֥גֶדle.Ne.gedto beforeH5048 →
עֵינַ֗י'ei.Naieyes myH5869 →
דְּֽבַר־de.var-a thing ofH1697 →
בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַלbe.Li.Ya.'alworthlessnessH1100 →
עֲשֹֽׂה־'a.soh-[the] doing ofH6213 →
סֵטִ֥יםse.Timswerving deedsH7846 →
שָׂנֵ֑אתִיsa.Ne.tiI hateH8130 →
לֹ֖אlo'notH3808 →
יִדְבַּ֣קyid.Bakit will clingH1692 →
בִּֽי׃Bito me

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Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?James 1:13–15When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.2 Samuel 11:2–3One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.Psalms 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”1 Samuel 12:20–21“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.Revelation 2:6But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?Joshua 23:6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.Romans 7:15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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